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Electronic stability failure

Car has died overnight. After performing engine check the dash reads "electronic stability failure contact service" I've only had it a month and had a diagnostics test ran on it before I purchased. Only fault was a wiring relay thing which was repaired. Had new battery fitted too. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

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When this message comes on: electronic stability failure contact service it means there's a trouble code stored in the computer. Get the trouble codes read and then you'll have a starting point. Impossible to guess without the codes. See this post on stability control
How does electronic stability control work Ricks Free Auto Repair Advice

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Peimei Joy Chen

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SOURCE: glow plugs electronic stability programme warning lights vw passat

most of the new cars with such computer system to control the engine and other functions , such as brakes, anti-freeze level, that why the light on and tell you that you should watch out certain things, you still can drive the car, but you have to go to the dealer and let them check you car and reset the computer system and then all the light will be off.

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jun 24, 2008

SOURCE: glow plugs electronic stability programme warning lights vw passat

Check to see are your brake light working! if not you have a faulty brake light switch - 10 min repair job at your local VW service centre. With no brake lights you'll need to get it seen to ASAP!!

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Ginko

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  • Posted on Oct 06, 2008

SOURCE: 4 Faults detected on engine diagnostics check

Try first unplugging battery cable for ten minutuse, to reset ECM, and do a scan again, there are too many unrelated error codes at the same time

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Apr 06, 2009

SOURCE: 2001 volvo s60 t5 - performance reduced warning message, limp mode activated

I had exactly the same problem on my UK 2001 S60.
It was caused by the throttle control housing gaskets not being serviced properly and consequently the entire housing had to be replaced - not a cheap job -and a valuable lesson learned - use a reputable volvo specialist to service your volvo - I didn't and I learnt the hard why! only a volvo specilaist would have known about this I went to several other main street garages & none of them could even diagnose the problem let alone fix it. Although they did do numerous other things first before they gave up - ie replaced titanium spark plugs.
Before it stoppped running altogther and went into "limp home mode" there were tell-tale engine/throttle surges when the car was idle, but in gear.
It is now running "like new" & I will never get another garage to service it, as this could have been avoided - however they can also wear out after about 10years - so my bad services just made it happen sooner!
I hope this helps!

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Dec 17, 2011

SOURCE: ''check electronic throttle system''

ITS THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE ACTUATOR,THE ARE 4 THROTTLE POSITION SENSORS ON IT. IT WORKS IN CORRELATION WITH THE PEDAL POSITION SENSOR ON YOUR ACCELERATOR PEDAL. IF THERE IS A DISCREPENCY BETWEEN THE TWO SIGNALS ITS DISPLAYS THAT MSG. IM CURRENTLY FIXING BROKEN WIRES IN A WIRING HARNESS ON A 2005 NAVIGATOR WITH THE SAME ISSUE.TAKE IT TO A GOOD SHOP TO BE DIAGNOSED.THOMAS IS A TARD WHO KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT AUTOMOTIVE

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